City Buys Solar-Powered Trash Cans (Cost $4,500 Each)

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City Buys Solar-Powered Trash Cans (Cost $4,500 Each)

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- A trash can costing $4,500 may sound like a lot, even if it is solar powered.

But officials in Santa Cruz insist they're not throwing the taxpayers' money away.

The BigBelly trash can is able to put the squeeze on garbage. It compacts trash to one-tenth of its size, allowing the receptacle hold more pizza boxes and coffee cups.

Officials said the mailbox-sized BigBelly earns its keep on weekends when city crews are off duty.

Santa Cruz plans to buy four BigBellies to keep the downtown area a little cleaner.

http://www.wftv.com/technology/9998453/detail.html

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